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[Q1] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the overall performance of each institution of higher education after taking into consideration its local and international reputation, facilities and campus environment, qualification of its teaching staff, academic research performance, conduct and quality of students as well as its learning atmosphere, diversification and level of recognition of its courses, with 0 representing the worst, 10 representing the best and 5 being half-half. How would you rate the following institutions?

 

Average

Standard error

No of raters

Recognition

HKU 

7.81

0.05

1,092

89.7%

CUHK 

7.54

0.05

1,081

88.7%

HKUST 

7.42

0.05

1,031

84.7%

PolyU

6.97

0.04

1,039

85.3%

HKBU 

6.42

0.05

1,003

82.3%

CityU

6.28

0.05

995

81.7%

HKIEd

6.09

0.05

931

76.5%

HKSYU

5.89

0.05

929

76.3%

LU

5.74

0.05

966

79.3%

OUHK

5.66

0.06

904

74.2%


[Q2] Please use a scale of 0-10 to evaluate the overall performance of Vice-Chancellor / President of each institution while taking his local and international reputation, approachability to the public, leadership, vision, social credibility and public relations into consideration, with 0 representing the worst, 10 representing the best and 5 being half-half.  How would you rate the following Vice-Chancellors / Presidents?

 

Average

Standard error

No of raters

Recognition

CUHK – Joseph J.Y. SUNG

7.77

0.05

955

78.4%

HKUST – Tony F. CHAN

6.92

0.06

627

51.4%

HKU – Peter MATHIESON

6.78

0.06

655

53.7%

PolyU – Timothy W. TONG

6.67

0.06

603

49.5%

HKBU – Albert CHAN

6.31

0.06

643

52.8%

HKIEd – Stephen Y.L. CHEUNG

6.23

0.06

608

49.9%

CityU – Way KUO

6.11

0.07

559

45.9%

OUHK – Yuk-shan WONG

5.95

0.07

524

43.0%

LU – Leonard K. CHENG

5.79

0.07

578

47.4%


[Q3] What do you think are the qualities which most Hong Kong university students lack of? (multiple responses allowed)

 

Freq.

% of total responses
(Base = 1,838)

% of total sample
(Base = 1,216)

Work attitude (e.g. serious, enthusiastic, diligent, responsible, motivated)

186

10.1%

15.3%

 

 

 

 

Social/interpersonal skills

127

6.9%

10.5%

Independence

91

5.0%

7.5%

Critical thinking and problem-solving ability

83

4.5%

6.9%

Conduct, honesty

79

4.3%

6.5%

Global prospect / foresight

77

4.2%

6.3%

Commitment to society

74

4.0%

6.1%

Proficiency in Chinese, English and Putonghua

72

3.9%

5.9%

Social/work experience

60

3.3%

4.9%

Communication skills

46

2.5%

3.8%

Academic and professional knowledge

44

2.4%

3.6%

Self-confidence

43

2.3%

3.5%

Creativity

40

2.2%

3.3%

Emotion stability

38

2.1%

3.2%

Civil awareness

35

1.9%

2.9%

Resources / opportunity

35

1.9%

2.9%

Alertness to risk / handling adverse conditions

31

1.7%

2.6%

Self-expectations / dreams

30

1.6%

2.5%

All-roundness

30

1.6%

2.4%

Patriotism

29

1.6%

2.4%

Job opportunity

25

1.4%

2.1%

Discipline, patience

25

1.4%

2.0%

 

 

 

 

Self-motivation, aggressiveness

20

1.1%

1.7%

Learning attitude

17

0.9%

1.4%

Political awareness / participation

15

0.8%

1.2%

Egocentricity / selfishness

14

0.8%

1.2%

Politeness

12

0.7%

1.0%

Social awareness

11

0.6%

0.9%

Humble / sympathy

9

0.5%

0.7%

Leadership skills

8

0.4%

0.6%

Utilitarian / materialistic

7

0.4%

0.6%

Maturity / stability

7

0.4%

0.6%

Financial management

7

0.4%

0.5%

 

 

 

 

Nothing

51

2.8%

4.2%

Others

53

2.9%

4.3%

Don’t know/ hard to say

307

16.7%

25.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

1,838

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base

1,216

 

 

Missing case(s)

2

 

 


[Q4] Under your job specifications, are you involved, in any way, in the recruitment process of new staff, including teachers?

 

Frequency

Percentage

Yes

197

16.2%

No

1,021

83.8%

 

 

 

Total

1,218

100.0%

 

 

 

Base

1,218

 

Missing case(s)

0

 


[Q5] [Only for those who are involved in the recruitment process of new staff] If you looked for a new employee, which institution’s graduates would you prefer most? (single response only)

 

Frequency

% of potential employers
(Base = 195)

% of total sample
(Base = 1,218)

HKU

39

19.8%

3.2%

CUHK

28

14.5%

2.3%

HKUST

24

12.5%

2.0%

PolyU

20

10.4%

1.7%

 

 

 

 

CityU

6

3.0%

0.5%

HKBU

3

1.8%

0.3%

OUHK

2

0.8%

0.1%

HKIEd

1

0.5%

0.1%

LU

1

0.5%

0.1%

HKSYU

<1

0.2%

0.0%

 

 

 

 

Other overseas universities

2

1.3%

0.2%

 

 

 

 

No preference

50

25.9%

4.1%

Don’t know / hard to say

10

4.9%

0.8%

Won’t employ graduates

8

3.9%

0.6%

 

 

 

 

Total

195

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Valid base

197

 

 

Missing case(s)

2

 

 


[Q6] [Only for those who are involved in the recruitment process of new staff and have preference over a specific institution’s graduates] Why would you prefer the graduates of the chosen institution? (multiple responses allowed)

 

Frequency

% of total responses (Base = 173 responses from 127 respondents)

% of valid respondents (Base = 127)

% of total sample
(Base = 1,218)

Good performance of previous graduates

46

26.6%

36.3%

3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Good knowledge in job-related areas

25

14.6%

19.9%

2.1%

Reputation

19

10.8%

14.7%

1.5%

Good moral character

17

10.0%

13.6%

1.4%

Alumni

14

7.9%

10.7%

1.1%

Good work attitude

13

7.5%

10.3%

1.1%

Good connection with outside (e.g., a university’s extensive connection with enterprises, companies, or industrial firms; large number of graduates)

8

4.8%

6.5%

0.7%

Diligent, motivated

8

4.5%

6.1%

0.6%

Good language ability

7

4.1%

5.5%

0.6%

Good academic ability

6

3.2%

4.4%

0.5%

Good social relationship

5

2.7%

3.7%

0.4%

Good leadership

2

1.0%

1.4%

0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Others

4

2.4%

3.2%

0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Total

173

100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valid base

127

 

 

 

Missing case(s)

0